On Tuesday, Otero County Sheriff's Department charged Lawrence Allen McClain, 39, of Manzanola, with 11 felony theft cases involving thefts from Pueblo and Otero counties.
According to the Otero County Sheriff's Department, these thefts include numerous thefts of irrigation lift pumps taken from Otero and Pueblo counties. The thefts occurred from Swink, west to Pueblo County. The thefts amounted to about $20,000 worth of items.
McClain was already in custody at the Otero County Jail on a theft charge from the Apishapa Ranches in Manzanola and on a parole hold.
Leading the investigation were Undersheriff Ken Kimsey and Sgt. Carol Coates.